Mediagazer: Groupon Makes Big Bid on Traditional TV, Buys Super Bowl Pregame (Rupal Parekh/AdAge)

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

The Day of The Daily: Murdoch's iPad Thingy Coming Jan. 19 — Mark your calendars, media nerds. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 is the day it all changes. Maybe. — That's the planned launch date for The Daily, the iPad-only publication News Corp. has been feverishly developing.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, CrunchGear, SlashGear, New York Observer, FishbowlNY, App Advice, SAI, RazorianFly, PadGadget, Electronista, everythingiCafe, MacRumors, New York Magazine, eBookNewser, Poynter and iClarified, more at Techmeme »

Yahoo! News:

Steve Jobs to join Murdoch to unveil iPad paper — Rupert Murdoch will unveil News Corp's much-anticipated iPad newspaper on stage later this month with Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, The Cutline has learned. — The two media moguls will appear together at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art …

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

NewsBeast adds key staff, sets April launch — Tina Brown plans to turn to two former Time magazine veterans to run Newsweek on an interim basis while she puts the finishing touches on a sweeping redesign that is not expected to be unveiled until April. — Steve Koepp, a former No. 2 editor …

Discussion: Gawker, Yahoo! News, FishbowlNY and New York Observer

Financial Times:

Financial Times Launches FT Tilt — NEW YORK/LONDON: The Financial Times today announces the launch of FT Tilt, a premium online financial news and analysis service focused exclusively on the emerging world. It serves finance professionals who have a direct interest in these markets …

Discussion: Paul Kedrosky's … and Talking Biz News

Discussion: paidContent:UK, The Next Web and Talking Biz News

Jack Shafer / Slate:

In Defense of Inflamed Rhetoric — The attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the killing of six innocents outside a Tucson Safeway has bolstered the ongoing argument that when speaking of things political, we should all avoid using inflammatory rhetoric and violent imagery.

David Carr / New York Times:

A Sacrifice to Appease NPR's Gods — A long time ago, a kingdom was beset by tempestuous storms, and it was decided that one of the most prized citizens would be fed to the volcano as a sacrifice to appease the punishing gods. After the sacrifice was made and the crowd exulted …

Discussion: Chickaboomer

Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:

Hef Taking Playboy Private — Playboy is going private. — The board of directors for the iconic but struggling men's brand has agreed to 84-year-old founder Hugh Hefner's $6.15-per-share offer to take the company private. — Hefner first made a $5.50-per-share offer in July.

Discussion: Guardian, Chicago Breaking Business, Media Decoder, rbr.com, Media Buyer Planner, TechCrunch, Folio, Multichannel, Gawker and minonline.com

Anthony Crupi / Mediaweek:

Apps Irk Cable Nets — Comcast's scheme to begin streaming live video content to iPads and other tablets precipitated a flurry of legal correspondence last week, as several cable network groups made it clear that they had not signed off on any such arrangement.

Discussion: Beet.TV

Adam Hanft / The Daily Beast:

Rick Sanchez Licks His Wounds — In his first major interview since being fired for calling Jon Stewart a “bigot,” ex-CNN anchor Rick Sanchez talks to Adam Hanft about his bruised feelings, what the media got wrong—and his future plans. — Rick Sanchez's parents didn't speak any English, but he makes up for it.

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Richard Sandomir / New York Times:

Onion Hopes Parody of ‘SportsCenter’ Leaves Viewers Saying Boo-Yah — Few television programs are as familiar to fans as ESPN's “SportsCenter.” By filtering news through its pacing, theme music, anchor banter, graphics and set design, “SportsCenter” reflects and contributes to the national sports obsession.

Discussion: Poynter

Rupal Parekh / AdAge:

Groupon Makes Big Bid on Traditional TV, Buys Super Bowl Pregame — Social E-commerce Sensation Looks Beyond Word-of-Mouth, Lines Up Shops for Major Push — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Groupon may not need Google to grow. But it does need some good, old-fashioned advertising.

Discussion: Media Buyer Planner, MarketingVOX, Lost Remote and SAI, more at Techmeme »

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

YouTube Introduces Weekly Talk Show — If most television networks can have talk shows featuring celebrities, why not YouTube? — The “Partners Project,” which started last month, is being positioned as the talk show of YouTube, featuring contributors who have drawn online audiences of millions.

Discussion: Editors Weblog

Mark Joyella / Mediaite:

First Look: Piers Morgan's New Set On CNN (And First Week's Guests) — For decades, Larry King's iconic set-perhaps best described as a “Lite Brite map of the world” was as recognizable as the host himself. As CNN prepares to launch a new host into King's 9 p.m. timeslot …

Discussion: The Wrap, Media Decoder, Media & Entertainment, Multichannel, On Media's Blog and Movieline

Wall Street Journal:

Disney, Yahoo Look at Internet TV — Walt Disney Co. is discussing making video from some of its television networks available on sets embedded with Yahoo Inc.'s Internet-TV software, people familiar with the matter said. — Such new offerings would propel Yahoo into a broader battle …

Discussion: GigaOM, more at Techmeme »

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Quickish Delivers Almost Real-Time Yet Editor-Vetted News Recommendations — Today sees the launch of Quickish, a near-realtime micro-news recommendation service founded by former Associated Content Vice President and ESPN.com ‘Daily Quickie’ writer Dan Shanoff.

Discussion: Dan Shanoff, Deadspin, Playbook and SportsGrid

Dan Gillmor / Salon:

Darwin's media: Surviving the info-glut — Book excerpt: In an age of democratized media, consumers need to take some responsibility, too … The e-mail arrived in early January 2010 via a colleague, who got it from his father, who got it from a mail list. It began, “Do you remember 1987 ...”

Simon Dumenco / AdAge:

Media in 2011: The (Real) Year of Living Dangerously — On Print Survivors, IPad Glossy Sales, Paywalls and Beautifully Low Budgets — CHEAP AND SMART: FX's ‘Louie’ was made on small budget. — Media people love bad news — everybody knows that. But what's been surprising …

Discussion: Poynter

Lynn Cowan / Wall Street Journal:

Nielsen IPO to Gauge Appetite of Investors — This week marks the start of the year's first IPO investor road shows in the U.S., and among the companies wooing investors, a biggie is expected: consumer-analytics specialist Nielsen HoldingsBV. — Nielsen, which tracks consumer behavior ranging …

Fred / A VC:

Content Shifting — I got this comment from @Daryn on yesterday's SoundCloud post: … To which I replied: … Once you use a service like Instapaper or Boxee Watch Later, this kind of thing becomes muscle memory. You want to be able to content shift everywhere and onto every device.

Discussion: PSFK

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Guardian's Subscription iPhone App Due This Week — The Guardian could have a decent shot at sustainable mobile income, if current trends are anything to go by. — An updated app, which flips from its previous one-off £2.39 ($3.7) charge to a recurring subscription model …

Discussion: WebNewser

David Kaplan / paidContent:

Foursquare To Add Examiner News Alongside Check-Ins — Geo-location service Foursquare has netted content deals with several major news publishers last year, such as the NYT and Financial Times but those were mostly for promotional purchases. The company has struck a new partnership …

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and WebNewser

Gawker:

Was Arianna Huffington Escorted Off a Flight by Police? — Last Friday night, Arianna Huffington was in Las Vegas, mingling with celebrities. And the next night? According to a tipster, Arianna was being escorted off a plane by Port Authority police—for wanton, unsafe Blackberry-ing.

Discussion: LA Observed

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Jack Griffin Makes His Mark on Time Inc. Magazines — In case there was any doubt about who really runs the show at Time Inc., readers now have an answer. — Jack Griffin, who took the reins as chief executive in September, has directed all Time publications to begin running mastheads …

Merrill Perlman / CJR:

Duty Double — Headlines are supposed to grab a reader's attention and provide a fast synopsis of an article for a busy reader. So what's a reader to think happened when she reads this? — “U.S. rules on tax adopted by state” — Or this? — “Council hires ban bid taxi firm”

DigiDave:

The Spot.Us Community on Public Media: We'll lobby for funding if you get more diverse and local — The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy made 15 recommendations on how America can have a bright info-future. One of those recommendations was for increased support …